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(ModeL) A. G. FRANKEL. TRUNK HINGE.

No. 244,119. Patented July 12,1881.

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ALEXANDER O. FRANKEL, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO JACOB LAGOWITZ, OF SAME PLACE.

HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,119, dated July 12, 1881.

Application filed May 27, 1881. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER 0. FRANKEL, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Trunk-Hinges, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of hinges for trunks, chests, &c., which combine in themselves a hinge, a stay or stop for the top or lid, and a corner-piece and the improvements consist in a peculiar construction of the same, whereby the hinge may be readily stamped from sheet metal, and whereby a strong hinge and corner-piece and an efficient stay or stop is afforded at a slight cost, and without the employment of special lugs or stops for the latter purpose.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved hinge; Fig. 2, an inner face view of the same thrown back, and Fig. 3 across-section on the line a: x ofFig. 1.

Hinges combining the features above mentioned have hitherto been made, or proposed to be made, in several forms, generally depending upon special lugs or shoulders to prevent the lid or top from falling back, and usually or invariably of such construction as to preclude their being formed of sheet metal.

The present invention is designed to render all special stops or lugs unnecessary, and to render practicable the manufacture of hinges from sheet metal, whereby their cost may be lessened and great strength secured.

To this end the invention consists in stamping or otherwise cutting from sheet metal of required thickness the two parts of the hinge, each adapted to be bent and to fit around or upon the corner of a trunk or chest, and each provided with an ear, perforated to receive a rivet, which forms the joint or pivot of the hinge. The joint or pivot, instead of being at the back, as usual, is located at the end, and consequently stands at the end of the trunk or chest when the hinge is applied thereto. The ear of the upper half of the hinge is made slightly longer or to project farther from the back plate of the hinge than that of the lower half; hence when the top is thrown back the lower edge of the upper section bears against the rear face of the lower section, and thus prevents the lid from falling farther back.

These features will be readily understood by referring to the drawings, in which A represents the hinge, consisting of the upper and lower halves, a b, provided respectively with ears 0 d, and each bent to fit upon or around the corner of a trunk or chest, B. The two parts are preferably formed each with an elongated strap or arm, 0, to afford means of firm 6o attachment to the trunk or chest,

As indicated in Fig. 1, the ear 0 of the upper half is of such length as to throw the lower edge of the said half back of the lower half when the lid is raised, as shown in Fig. 2, causing said lower edge to bear against the rear face of the lower half throughout its entire length, therebyaffording a firm lock or stop to prevent further backward movement.

0 represents a rivet passed through the ears 7o 0 (Z, and serving both to firmly unite or connect the two parts of the hinge and as the pivot thereof.

Byplacingthe pivots at the end of the hinges or at the ends of the trunk or chest, instead of at the back, as usual, the great leverage of the lid upon the joint of the hinge or the stops is in a great measure overcome; and this feature may be made more prominent by setting the pivots a considerable distance from the back.

It is of course necessary that the rear edge of the trunk or chest body be rounded of concentrically with the pivots of the hinges, in order that the lid may turn freely back, or that equivalent provision be made therefor.

It is apparent that the elongated car may be formed upon the lower instead of the upper half, and that the same result may be attained by making the ears of equal length, and arranging the edges of the back plates of the 0 hinge to meet, instead of passing one over the other, sufficient space being left in such case between the edges to permit a proper opening.

Under the above construction it will be seen the two halves may be readily stamped and bent up from sheet metal, no solid lugs for the pivot or locking-shoulders being required.

In speaking of the ears 0 d as being at the end of the hinge, I mean in position to stand at the end of the trunk or chest, and parallel therewith when in position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. The herein-described hinge, consisting of the upper and lower halves, each provided with an ear at its outer end, and a rivet passing through said ears and forming the pivot of the hinge.

2, In a hinge having its pivot at the end, as explained, the combination of an upper and a lower section, one adapted to swing over and lock against the outer face of the other, substantially as described.

3. In a trunk-hinge having its pivot at the end, the two sections a and b, pivoted one to the other, and adapted to come directly into I contact in rear of the pivot throughout their entire length when the hinge is opened, whereby a stop for the hinge is formed.

4. In combination with a trunk or chest havin g its rear edge cut away to permit the movement of the lid, a hinge having its joint or pivot at the end in contradistinction to a joint at the rear of the trunk or chest.

5. As an improved article of manufacture, a sheet-metal hinge oonsistin g of the parts a b, bent to fit the corner of a trunk or chest, and provided with ears 0 cl at their outer ends,cono nected by a rivet, as shown and described.

ALEXANDER O. FRANKIE L.

Witnesses HENRY F. GoKEN, EDWARD A. GtiKEN. 

